Twin Cities Veg Fest Committee Interest Meeting (Date Option #1)

Twin Cities Veg Fest, a free-entry, 100% plant-based festival, brings over 5,500 people together to celebrate compassionate living and great plant-based food every year.

Compassionate Action for Animals has been organizing Twin Cities Veg Fest since 2012. Each year, many hours of invisible, behind-the-scenes work help to create a welcoming, delicious, beautiful festival. From cooking demos to coffee, from port-a-potties to parking, someone is on it! Since its beginning, the festival has been organized in large part by a committee of dedicated volunteers, guided and supported by CAA staff.

Committee members help to recruit speakers and sponsors, update the website, organize day-of volunteers, track food permits, and more. The festival could not happen without their work. Enormous thanks to all of the festival's current and past committee members who have created such wonderful vegan festivals! Want to be part of the team? Come to this meeting to learn more and find your place.

Meeting & committee details:

• Hybrid Interest Meeting: This interest meeting is hybrid. If you join the committee: All regular committee meetings are also hybrid.
• Joining via Zoom? Here's the link for the Feb 24 Interest Meeting. If you join the committee: the link is different for regular committee meetings. You'll get the link at or after the interest meeting.
• Joining in person? Here's directions to the NE Mpls office (34 13th Ave NE, Ste 108, Minneapolis MN 55413). We will have a vegan dinner at the interest meeting,. If you join the committee: In-person attendees enjoy a vegan dinner together each committee meeting and trade off the cooking.
• Agenda: At the interest meeting, we will:
• meet other attendees
• (if in person at the CAA Community Office in NE Mpls) enjoy a vegan dinner together
• learn what specific tasks are involved in each committee position
• figure out what position, if any, best suits your preferences and skills
• submit a form with your contact info and interests
• Remote volunteering: Many committee positions can be done remotely. People from all areas are welcome to join the planning committee!
• Two interest meeting dates: There are two options for the interest session: Tuesday February 24 or Tuesday March 3. They are the same information; you only need to come to one date.
• No-commitment interest meeting: Coming to this February 24 meeting does not commit you to volunteering. It is only to learn more about volunteering.
• Committee Schedule: Committee meetings happen 6pm-7pm on every other Tuesday. The 2026 committee meetings will run March 10, March 24, April 7, etc -- every other Tuesday out until September 22. The 2026 festival is on Sunday, September 20.
• Social events: The committee gathers for a few casual social events throughout the year, including a free post-festival celebratory vegan dinner and social events like table tennis at the nearby Sociable Cider Works.
• Questions? Comments? Contact info@tcvegfest.com.

Currently-open committee positions:

• Ask a Dietitian Booth Coordinator (Compile and print out specified nutrition materials, schedule volunteer dietitians)
• Exhibitor Coordinator (Email and call festival exhibitors to ensure they submit all needed information)
• Chair (Helping with logistics and meeting planning)
• Mission Coordinator (Keeping the festival ADA-friendly, animal-friendly, and welcoming to all)
• Secretary (Taking notes and making tasks during meetings)
• Social Media Content Creator (Helping to create social media posts)
• Swag Bag Coordinator (Recruiting donor companies for the swag bags)
• Website Coordinator (Updating the tcvegfest.com website with festival information)
• Zero Waste Coordinator (Preventing pollution and helping with healthy, safe waste disposal -- drive a golf cart!)

There may be other positions open as well. If you have another passion area or professional skill, come to the meeting and talk with us afterwards to help sort through possibilities!